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Libya parliament approves maritime deal with Turkey
The unanimous vote revives the 2019 accord and could expand Turkish influence in eastern Libya while deepening disputes with Greece, Egypt and Cyprus.
- On Tuesday, Libya's parliament "voted unanimously" to adopt the 2019 Turkish-Libyan maritime memorandum, with Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dibeybe during the vote.
- Greece formally rejected the decision, calling the deal "without legal effect" and arguing that Turkey and Libya lack "opposing or adjacent coasts" to justify maritime delimitation under international law.
- On Friday, the Republic of Cyprus' foreign ministry declared the memorandum "illegal" and "null and void," stating it "violates the sovereign rights of third states" and contradicts customary international law on island maritime zones.
- Turkey's presidential press office director Burhanettin Duran described the vote as "an important advancement towards protecting the shared rights and interests of both nations" within the "Blue Homeland" under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
- Fundamental legal differences persist: Turkey is not a signatory to Unclos and argues islands should only receive 12 nautical miles of territorial waters, contradicting the Greek position that islands hold full EEZs.
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Libya’s approval of maritime deal with Turkey is rejected by Greece
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s parliament unanimously approved a contested maritime agreement with Turkey on Tuesday, reversing years of opposition and reviving a dispute with Egypt, Greece and Cyprus over rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, "We receive with deep regret the approval today by the Libyan Parliament of the so-called Libya-Türkiye Memorandum of Understanding on the delimitation of maritime zones in the Mediterranean."
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